smelled
Example Sentences
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The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
And this new air, “I think there was a smell to it … it just smelled dead.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
It smelled faintly damp — a mingling of industrial carpet cleaner and coffee that had been sitting on a warming plate too long.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
February was looking like a slow month for car sales, and Tomi Mikula smelled opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
The air, he thought, smelled different up here: rich and unfamiliar.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
